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Activia yogurt by Dannon is advertised on television with Jamie Lee Curtis stating it helps you regulate your digestive system.  The active ingredient called Bifidus Regularis is supposed to help people with slow intestines digest better when the product is eaten daily for 2 weeks.  It is recommended to do this together with a nutritionally […]

Reuters - Vitamin D may extend the lives of
people with colon and rectal cancer, according to a study
published on Wednesday suggesting another health benefit from
the so-called sunshine vitamin.

AP - Federal health officials have learned of 106 more cases of salmonella linked to tainted tomatoes, putting the outbreak’s toll at 383 on Wednesday and counting.

AP - The government’s count of people made ill by salmonella-tainted tomatoes has jumped to 383, 106 more than were known earlier this week.

AFP - US doctors have for the first time successfully treated a skin cancer patient with cells cloned from his own immune system, a study released Wednesday showed.

AP - The U.S. has five-star rankings for restaurants and hotels. So why not five-star rankings for nursing homes?

AP - An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors.

Reuters - Risedronate, better known by
the brand name Actonel, is effective for maintaining or
improving the bone strength of women who have had chemotherapy
for breast cancer, researchers report.

Reuters - People with epilepsy who do not
take their anti-seizure medications as prescribed could face
serious or even fatal consequences, according to a new study.

Reuters - Men with type 2 diabetes or the
metabolic syndrome, or both, are prone to have low testosterone
levels. If so, testosterone replacement therapy with a gel
applied to the skin may improve their response to insulin and
their sexual function, according to the results of a new
clinical trial.

Reuters - In early 2002, a new donor
organ allocation system gave priority for liver transplants to
people with early liver cancer. It led to a six-fold increase
in the proportion of liver transplant recipients with liver
cancer, research shows.

Reuters - U.S. health officials
should approve wider use of Amgen Inc’s drug Enbrel to treat
psoriasis in children, a Food and Drug Administration advisory
panel said on Wednesday.

AP - Tim Russert was a good patient, taking medications for his heart disease and exercising, his doctor said. He had no chest pains and he passed an exercise stress test weeks ago. Yet at 58, he suffered a heart attack and died.

Reuters - U.S. nursing homes are pushing
against an effort in Congress to invalidate arbitration clauses
in admissions contracts, a change that would make it easier for
residents to sue for shoddy care or wrongdoing.

Reuters - U.S. health officials
should approve wider use of Amgen Inc’s drug Enbrel to treat
psoriasis in children, a Food and Drug Administration advisory
panel said on Wednesday.